My cousin-in-law Steve B. had this clip on his blog. Freidman articulates his points so well -- such a great blend of humor, intelligence and insight.
I've had some of the same questions posed by Donahue about the role of government and the weaknesses and strengths of free markets. Freidman's answers articulated why I don't trust government to do more even though the free market isn't perfect and does in fact "run on greed." Thank you Stevie B!
Oh and I can't end this blog without a thought on the legislation that just bulldozed it's way through Congress.
First, a big thank you to Harry Reid for making sure that the American people are getting $8 billion dollars (instead of the already wasteful proposed $2B) to build a high speed train from Vegas to Disneyland - it will only take 2 hours! No self-interest here folks, just pure desire to help the struggling economy. Oh and it will include a couple other high speed rail projects . . maybe. Very very stimulating! Pretty sure they're planning to start tomorrow so if you've lost your job recently, send in your resume.
How exactly did we get, "a congressional process as unseemly as ever; an emergency bill that barely addresses the emergency; a "stimulus" bill short on stimulus" (William Kristol)?
Help or better yet, don't! I actually feel sorry for Obama right now -- Pelosi and Reid are formidable stumbling blocks to a successful presidency.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
One of these things is not like the others . . .
Our baby is a HE. . . . no a SHE. . .Huh?
I've made no secret of the fact that I want a girl for #3. We thought about not finding out at all and just waiting till the delivery but I couldn't do it. So we had a "secret" ultrasound about 3 weeks ago. I wanted time to prepare myself in case it was a boy without having the pressure of everyone asking what it was. The tech was running late, comes in, puts the wand on my belly and asks me what I have at home. The convo follows:
Me: I have 2 boys at home.
Tech: Oh well, sorry to tell you this is another one.
Me: (nothing because I was about to cry at how disappointed I was and how rude she was).
The ultrasound was over in 5 minutes and Steve and I left feeling rather dejected.
Three days later I was starting to feel okay about adding another boy to the fam although we still couldn't convince our firstborn Nikolai that it was a boy. Every time we talked about the baby he told us it was a girl. After the ultrasound when I was trying to prep him so he wouldn't be too sad, he told us that we were wrong, it was a girl. Sigh - not an auspicious start to their relationship :).
So we went in for the 20 week comprehensive ultrasound today to make sure all the organs and stuff were okay . . . there was only one organ missing. Not sure what happened between the first and second ultrasound but the he is now most definitely a she. The conversation with the Dr. follows:
Me/Steve: He this, He that. .
Dr: Why do you keep calling it "he?"
Me: Well, we had an ultrasound a couple weeks ago and they told us it was a boy.
Dr: Uh, I think this is not a boy (said in his cute Iranian accent).
Me/Steve: (mouths gaping open) Huh?
Dr: This is definitely not a boy. There is no ____ (you fill in the blank -- I don't want my blog to be R rated).
He must have checked 5 or 6 times just to be sure and because we were so shocked. I was laughing so hard he couldn't keep the wand on my belly. Especially because I had just finally told someone last night that it was a boy.
One of these things is not like the others and I'm so happy about it.
I've made no secret of the fact that I want a girl for #3. We thought about not finding out at all and just waiting till the delivery but I couldn't do it. So we had a "secret" ultrasound about 3 weeks ago. I wanted time to prepare myself in case it was a boy without having the pressure of everyone asking what it was. The tech was running late, comes in, puts the wand on my belly and asks me what I have at home. The convo follows:
Me: I have 2 boys at home.
Tech: Oh well, sorry to tell you this is another one.
Me: (nothing because I was about to cry at how disappointed I was and how rude she was).
The ultrasound was over in 5 minutes and Steve and I left feeling rather dejected.
Three days later I was starting to feel okay about adding another boy to the fam although we still couldn't convince our firstborn Nikolai that it was a boy. Every time we talked about the baby he told us it was a girl. After the ultrasound when I was trying to prep him so he wouldn't be too sad, he told us that we were wrong, it was a girl. Sigh - not an auspicious start to their relationship :).
So we went in for the 20 week comprehensive ultrasound today to make sure all the organs and stuff were okay . . . there was only one organ missing. Not sure what happened between the first and second ultrasound but the he is now most definitely a she. The conversation with the Dr. follows:
Me/Steve: He this, He that. .
Dr: Why do you keep calling it "he?"
Me: Well, we had an ultrasound a couple weeks ago and they told us it was a boy.
Dr: Uh, I think this is not a boy (said in his cute Iranian accent).
Me/Steve: (mouths gaping open) Huh?
Dr: This is definitely not a boy. There is no ____ (you fill in the blank -- I don't want my blog to be R rated).
He must have checked 5 or 6 times just to be sure and because we were so shocked. I was laughing so hard he couldn't keep the wand on my belly. Especially because I had just finally told someone last night that it was a boy.
One of these things is not like the others and I'm so happy about it.
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